Western Americana Auction April 2022

Group of about 60 antique photographs including portraits of people, photos of animals and buildings, and some negatives. These photographs are mounte

About 150 Cowboy postcards and about 100 Charles Russell postcards with cowboy and Indian themes. About 850 Cowgirl and Western photos with duplicates

Approx. 50 turn of the century Detroit Photographic chromolithograph photos. Dartmouth College Halls (10), Old House, Far Hills NJ (10), Boston Church

Two photo Albums . !. B/W photos circa 1948. Personal photos and sights around Paris and Liver[pool I.E; : La Madeleine, L’Hotel de Villa, G

Reagan inauguration cover. Robert and John Kennedy prints 8x6"(5). 8x10"(3), 15x12"(6).HH Humphrey 10x8"(2), Nixon 8x10"( d...

About 120 stereoviews. East Coast, foreign, children, girls, stories. City: State: Date:

Lot of 3. White borders. One postmarked 1935 Fairbanks Alaska : dredger Fairbanks Creek. No. 7 Dredge on the Klondike, Dawson City. City:Yuk

Three postcards from Elmhurst, 2 of which are real photo postcards. City:Elmhurst State:California Date:

Lot of 5 different. Includes one Private Mailing Card and 4 undivided back. Three mailed 1905, one in 1903, and one in 1902. Printed photo views of: C

Lot of 5 different. Includes two Private Mailing Cards and three undivided backs. Mailed 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1907. One unused. Views of Tahoe City,

Lot of 5 different. Includes one Private Mailing Card (Nona Lake near Truckee), one undivided back (for the Hotel Wriggle, 1908); and three hand-color

Lot of 23. Mostly color, a few white borders Nine postmarked 1907-11: Oroville, Yreka. One Private Mailing Card of gold dredge near Oroville. St

Lot of 37. Split back/non-split, Color and B/W, some white borders and RPC”S. Twelve postmarked : Sacramento, San Fran., Portland OR, Dixo

Lot of 76 RPPC showing the damage caused to structures in Santa Barbara from a June 29, 1925 earthquake. This dealer lot includes duplicates of numero

Lot of 3. Borderless RPC’s of dredgers: The Yuba No 4 on Yuma river. The San Francisco , according to the writer “was sunk down b

Lot of 4. One postmarked 1912 : Plymouth CA. Ground level : Pacific Hoist, Dredgers gold Nuggets from Georgetown CAL. City: State:Californi

Lot of 8. Color and B/W. One white border. One postmarked 1912 : Valentine NEB. Photo of Golden Star Stamp Mill Black Hills S.D. Street view : Fr

Street scene split back postcard titled "Bennett Ave Cripple Creek / Photo by Hileman '08". City:Cripple Creek State:Colorado Date:...

Includes a short history of area. Issued to and short biography of Edna Isaac (addressee) of Cortez, Nevada. Rarity-5. Issues include crease through p

Lot of 20 color postcards of Carson City, NV. One undivided back, postmarked 1906. Rest split backs, c. 1908 - 1911. Many hand-colored cards publis

Rarity-6. Weaker strike. Author asks father to send his things as he had found a job that he thinks will last a while. I am guessing he was probably w

Rarity-7. 1907, Good strike. Cancelled after name of post office had been changed to Round Mountain. Includes a letter from Ted Gruber (Nevada postal

Lot of 5 items. Two envelopes, postmarked 1932 and 1935, commemorating Hawthorne's US Naval Ammunitions Depot. One Real Photo Postcard, white ...

Lot of four. 1) 1906. Good Manhattan Strike. Postcard is a black and white birds eye view of main street. Stamped 'Compliments of McElvaney &...

Rarity-6. 1909. Includes a short history about Sandy and a short biography on the sender Albert W. Fitch (bartender and miner in Jarbidge). Obverse of

Numbers 449 and 450. Unissued and uncancelled. Allegorical vignette. Near perfect condition. Only a handful of these were ever issued. This was the co

Some Prominent Buildings of Chicago & N.Y. City postcards. All in Color, 15 Chicago, 10 New York City, 1906-1911. City: State: Date:

States of Mass. & N.H. University Vintage PC's (30) Massachusetts (16), New Hampshire (14), Color 1906-1913. City: State: Date:

NY & PA University Vintage Postcards (30): New York (17), Pennsylvania (13). All in Color, 1906-1911. City: State: Date:

States of Connecticut. & Rhode Island University Vintage postcards (30): Connecticut (27), Rhode Island (3). All in color, 1906-1909. City: St...

U.S. Capitol, (1) – Mints, (3) – Treasury. (1) – Prisons or Jails, (2) - Custom Houses, (7) – Congressional Librar

CT, (1) – IL, (1) – OH, (2) – MA, (1) – MN, (1) NH, (1) NJ, (1) – NY, (14) – RI, (2) (All Cards

CT, (4) – MA, (14), - ME, (3) – MD, (1) – NJ, (1) NH, (5) –NY, (9) – PA, (5) – RI, (1) (All Car

State of Massachusetts, Factory & Mill Vintage PC's (30). All in Color, 1903-1911. City: State: Date:

State of New Hampshire, Factory & Mill Vintage Postcards (30). All in Color, 1905-1910. City: State: Date:

Postcards of Residences of Prominent Americans (30), mostly from New England states, with their interesting architectural designs of the late 1800s ...

Unique collection of vintage postcards depicting foreign nobility. Housed in a black album 11 x 14 inches. Charles VII, Marie D'Anjou, Napoleon...

Group of about 95 hand-colored real photo postcards from France. These real photo postcards are mostly images of women and children with flowers. They

Group of about 70 postcards from western states including Utah, Oregon, California, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona, and Washington. These postcards are a var

About 700 post cards of the c1907-12 period, covering every holiday except Halloween. Not checked for post marks. City: State: Date:

Lot of approx. 200. Some Tuck’s cards. Postmarked from Cal. To N.Y. 1902-10. Greeting cards, embossed . Lots of different bird photos, draw

Nine, handmade, soft leather postcards with designs for Virginia City, Nevada. Hand tooled and painted, approx. 5 x 3 inches. See photo for design det

State of Maine Inn & Hotel Vintage Postcards (30). All in color, 1905-1911. City: State: Date:

State of New Hampshire Inn & Hotel Vintage Postcards (30). All in Color, 1906-1913. City: State: Date:

New England States Vintage Town & City View postcards, Part 2 (30). All in Color, 18 MA, 5 CT, 5 PA, 2 MD, 1904-1908. City: State: Date:

Lot of twenty-one photo postcards of ships City: State: Date:

US Coal Mines & Miners Postcards (17) (15 in Color, 2 B &W 1907-1914). City: State: Date:

New England States Court House Vintage PC's (30) Mass. (8), New York (7), New Jersey (4), Conn. (4), Penn. (7). All in Color, 1905-1913. City:...

Upper US Central States Court House Vintage PC's Michigan (10), Illinois (3), Ohio (7), Indiana (7), Wisconsin (3), All in Color, 1906-1912). ...

Perhaps 1100 or more postcards with a diverse mix of subjects. Golden Gate Bridge, big trees, Indians, LA, Yellowstone, foreign sewing cards and much

Thirty-eight postcards from the Los Angeles area, 26 color litho and 12 B&W litho, with un-split backs, some addressed and cancelled, others unu...

Approx. 80 Golden Gate Bridge Postcards. A few RPC's. City:San Francisco State:California Date:

Approx. 40 mostly chromolithograph postcards from hotels including Potter, Biltmore, Persian, Carrillo, El Canto, Hotel Lobero and more. City:Santa

Lot of 12 envelopes, some with letters, w/CA postmarks including Otay, San Bernardino, San Francisco, more. Dates from 1875 - 1943. 1875 San Bernard

3 Chicago and South Western Railway stock with orange RN's, unissued. City: State:Illinois Date:

Lot of 31 postal covers, all with contacts from Maine cities, all circle cancelled. Cities include Sabatos, Cary, Monticello, North Amity, Littleton

One small envelope, addressed to Mr. P. V. Jackson, Sterling, Madison County, Montana Territory, no contents, handwritten postmark from Gallatin 12/21

Lot of 2 envelopes, no content, both addressed to P. V. Jackson, Sterling, Montana, both have handwritten postmarks, 1872 & 1875, 3 cent stamp t...

Lot of 2 small envelopes, no content, each addressed to R V Jackson, Sterling, Montana, one w/1882 stamped postmark from Meadow Creek, the other a han

One small envelope, no content, addressed to P V Jackson, Sterling, M.T. (Montana Territory), handwritten postmark dated ?/15/77 (1877). 3-cent stamp

Lot of 2 envelopes, no contents, handwritten cancellations from Sterling, M.T., dated 1877, two black cancellation lines drawn over 3 cent stamps. No

One small envelope, addressed to P. V.Jackson, Sterling, Montana T (Territory), handwritten cancel, Willow Creek, Mont, February 27, 1880, 3 cent stam

Lot of 12 items, all military correspondence, mostly WW II. Envelopes w/correspondence in most. City: State:Montana Date:

Lot of 16 receipts from Montana, all dating to the 1870s. Included are 10 registered mail receipts , three with postmarks from Helena or Washington,

Lot of over 100 pieces of mail correspondence addressed to Montana locations, mostly envelopes w/handwritten letters inside, 16 split-back postcards i

Rarity-7. Postcard. Excellent strike. Additional pages of research on location, names associated with cover, etc. are included. City:Acoma, Lincoln

Doane 1. Nearly perfect strike. 1906. Postal. Includes a short history of Antelope. City:Antelope, Nye Co. State:Nevada Date:1906

Rarity-7. 1920. Good to very good strike. Includes an extensive history of Arrowhead through newspapers of that era. As a matter of fact, this cover w

Rarity-7. 1883 on Postal. Purple double ring. 'ARTHUR' is very light. JB Moore biography. He was a powerful man - sometimes for good and som...

1) Rarity-5. Very early! Strong blue postmark with grid cancel. Clifton post office had been the official post office for this area up to the time of

1866-1904. 1) c1878, postal, Price & Read. Partners in 1876 in a S. F. variety store (with history). 2) 1866, cover with business corner adverti...

Rarity-9. 1885. Near perfect strike. Only three to five found in the Gamett and Nelson survey of Nevada Postal History, all are cut squares. This is t

Rarity-7. Postcard. Very good strike. Includes a short history of Barclay. City:Barclay, Lincoln Co. State:Nevada Date:1909

1881. Light strike but very readable. Letter is from George Crum who owned a ranch in Crum Canyon. The letter is difficult to read but seems to be abo

Postmark is over inked. Biography of sender Harry Lauritzen (tailor in Battle Mountain, truck driver hauling ore in Betty O'Neal, constable of M...

In 1906 Tommy Watkins was searching for a special Black Horse. He found gold instead. He had it assayed in Osceola. It is rumored that within one day

1) Rarity-4. Nice strike. Magenta. Addressed to J. B. Lamb of Midas, Nevada. Includes a short history of Aura and a short biography of John Lamb. 2) T

Almost perfect strike. 1919. Legal cover with cc of Kansas City-Nevada Consolidated Mines. Includes a short history of Bruner and the mine. City:Bru

One of two Known Bullion manuscript postmarks. Earliest identified date. 1880. Rarity-3. Manuscript cancel. From RK Morrison to Laura Peterson. The 18

Rarity-6. 1918. Very good strike. Nice history of Carrara and American Marble. Postal signed by AB Perkins. Includes a biography of PV and AB Perkins.

1910. Rarity-6. Three excellent postmarks. Envelope has been trimmed slightly to fit page. Includes a short history of the area is included. Additiona

Rarity-6. Very good Strike. 1909. Short history of Chafey. Additional pages of research on location, names associated with cover, etc. are included.

Logan (Rarity is a 5. 1909. William Prentiss logger and farmer biographer), Last Frontier Village, Goodsprings, Arden, Henderson (with ID Card for Bas

1893 postal sent from William M. Read. Extensive biography on Read and his connection to Eberhardt. Rarity-9. Poor, but rare, cancel. City:Eberhardt

1913. Stamp used as a received. Rarity-6. Nice strike. Stamp has been cut out. Card about buying rope. Includes a short history of Edgemont included.

Rarity - 6. Partial postmark visible. 1921. Legal size cover. Includes notes on the history of the Nevada Lime & Rock Company. Also, a biography...

1) Tuscarora, 1901. Addressed to US Senator William Stewart asking for post office position. 2) Carlin, 1872. Earliest known Carlin postmark. Very str

Extensive biography of Colonel JB Moore; which the consignor has proven by signatures. Controversial Fort Ruby commander, political controversy, part

Pictorial corner cover+9+ of the Allen Hotel in Wells, Nevada. 1912. Excellent strike. Includes an extensive history of the location, Allen Hotel, Wel

1910. Rarity-5. Very weak strike as a received cancel. Stone House Canyon history. Postcard addressed to Johnson family. J Otis Johnson biography. New

R7. 1882 - early. Postmark on top of stamp making it hard to read. Short history of early Halleck City:Fort Halleck, Elko Co. State:Nevada Date:188

Rarity-6. 1880. Strong middle of postmark, weak right and left sides. Manuscript cancel. history of fort Additional pages of research on location, nam

1877. Magenta. Cover. Nice postmark! Short history of Galena included. City:Galena, Lander Co. State:Nevada Date:1877

Rarity-8. 1910. Extremely light strike. cc needed to help identify postmark. cc of Tonopah Goldfield Trust Co. / Gold Center. Short history of Gold Ce

Rarity-6. Excellent strike. Registered Receipt. Includes a short history of Gold Bar. City:Goldbar, Nye Co. State:Nevada Date:1907

Manuscript cc of Wm H Barney, Goldville, Nevada. Two ephemera contents relating to the closing of the Goldville Post Office. 1) Note from Carlin, Neva

Rarity-6. 1881. Very good strike. 'GR' weak. Double ring. Includes a nice history of Grantsville. City:Grantsville, Nye Co. State:Nevada ...

The first four covers all have ties to a Nevada historical figure. 1) c1870 cover addressed to John Day, Register of the Land Office in Carson City. D

1915. Extremely nice! The town of Hilltop began in 1906 when prospectors found gold quite near an earlier find. Two mines, the Hilltop and Independenc

Rarity-5. 1907. On a postal. Hobson was established in 1898 on the old historic Fort Ruby site. Names include Joseph Tognini rancher and store keeper